﻿22 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  26162 
  to 
  26178— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  26162 
  to 
  26174— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  26168. 
  Cassia 
  auriculata 
  L. 
  

  

  "A 
  shrub 
  or 
  small 
  tree, 
  native 
  of 
  India, 
  the 
  bark 
  of 
  which 
  yields 
  tannin. 
  

   In 
  young 
  plants 
  the 
  bark 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  to 
  contain 
  11.92 
  tannin 
  and 
  22.35 
  

   extract; 
  in 
  old 
  plants 
  the 
  corresponding 
  figures 
  are 
  20.12 
  and 
  29. 
  In 
  

   India 
  the 
  leaves 
  are 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  substitute 
  for 
  tea 
  and 
  eaten 
  as 
  a 
  vegetable 
  in 
  

   times 
  of 
  famine. 
  This 
  is 
  also 
  cultivated 
  for 
  its 
  ornamental 
  value. 
  The 
  

   yellow 
  flowers 
  appear 
  in 
  June 
  and 
  July. 
  ' 
  ' 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Wild 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  and 
  central 
  part 
  of 
  India 
  and 
  in 
  

   Ceylon; 
  often 
  cultivated 
  in 
  the 
  Tropics. 
  

  

  26169. 
  Cassia 
  glauca 
  Lam. 
  

   "A 
  tall 
  leguminous 
  tree." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  From 
  the 
  Himalayas, 
  in 
  India, 
  through 
  Ceylon 
  and 
  the 
  

   Polynesian 
  Islands 
  to 
  Australia. 
  

  

  26170. 
  Cassia 
  grandis 
  L. 
  f. 
  

  

  "A 
  tree 
  attaining 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  45 
  to 
  55 
  feet 
  furnishes 
  a 
  very 
  handsome 
  

   fine-grained 
  wood. 
  A 
  dense 
  shade 
  tree, 
  flowers 
  very 
  handsome, 
  appear- 
  

   ing 
  in 
  April." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  South 
  America, 
  from 
  Panama, 
  

   through 
  Colombia 
  and 
  Guiana, 
  to 
  Brazil; 
  also 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  West 
  Indies. 
  

  

  26171. 
  Caesalpinia 
  coriaria 
  (Jacq.) 
  Willd. 
  

  

  See 
  Nos. 
  23335 
  and 
  25281 
  for 
  previous 
  introductions. 
  

  

  26172. 
  Pithecolobium 
  dulce 
  (Roxb.) 
  Benth. 
  

  

  "A 
  tree 
  of 
  very 
  rapid 
  growth, 
  deserving 
  wider 
  distribution." 
  See 
  

   No. 
  23457 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  26173. 
  Ficus 
  benghalensis 
  L. 
  Banyan 
  tree. 
  

   "In 
  tropical 
  India 
  and 
  Africa 
  this 
  tree 
  attains 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  70 
  to 
  100 
  feet. 
  

  

  The 
  aerial 
  roots 
  descending 
  from 
  the 
  branches 
  form 
  accessory 
  trunks, 
  thus 
  

   extending 
  the 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  tree 
  from 
  the 
  main 
  stem. 
  The 
  leaves 
  are 
  

   eaten 
  by 
  cattle. 
  In 
  India 
  the 
  fruits 
  are 
  eaten 
  in 
  time 
  of 
  famine. 
  The 
  wood, 
  

   if 
  carefully 
  cut 
  and 
  seasoned, 
  can 
  be 
  made 
  into 
  furniture 
  and 
  is 
  sometimes 
  

   employed 
  in 
  making 
  boxes 
  and 
  door 
  panels. 
  The 
  Hindoos 
  regard 
  the 
  tree 
  

   as 
  sacred 
  . 
  The 
  one 
  tree 
  in 
  southern 
  Florida 
  that 
  has 
  come 
  to 
  my 
  attention 
  

   does 
  so 
  exceedingly 
  well 
  that 
  the 
  species 
  deserves 
  wider 
  distribution." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Found 
  wild 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  Himalayan 
  forests 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  

   Deccan 
  hills; 
  cultivated 
  throughout 
  India 
  on 
  the 
  plains. 
  

  

  26174. 
  Ficus 
  cannonii 
  (Bull.) 
  N. 
  E. 
  Brown. 
  

  

  "An 
  ornamental-leaved 
  greenhouse 
  plant 
  from 
  the 
  Society 
  Islands. 
  

   With 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  cultivated 
  fig 
  all 
  species 
  of 
  Ficus 
  introduced 
  to 
  

   southern 
  Florida, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  they 
  have 
  come 
  to 
  my 
  attention, 
  do 
  so 
  exceed- 
  

   ingly 
  well 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  thought 
  it 
  well 
  worth 
  while 
  to 
  introduce 
  all 
  species 
  

   that 
  are 
  cultivated 
  in 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  world 
  in 
  the 
  hope 
  of 
  finding 
  a 
  

   suitable 
  stock 
  for 
  the 
  fig, 
  which 
  does 
  not 
  do 
  well 
  on 
  its 
  own 
  roots 
  here, 
  

   largely 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  root-knot." 
  

   26175 
  to 
  26178. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  S. 
  Archer, 
  Antigua, 
  British 
  West 
  Indies. 
  

  

  26175. 
  Thryalis 
  glauca 
  (Cav.) 
  Kuntz. 
  

  

  "An 
  ornamental 
  shrub 
  bearing 
  yellow 
  flowers, 
  Malpighiaceae." 
  

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